innovation in the field of plonk
2017-09-22 05:09:07.301675+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
A Facebook flamewar reminds Huey Callison of someone, and:
Here's something interesting: I just flipped through a pretty spectacular meltdown in somebody else's Facebook thread, and one of the names looked familiar.
It was from a mailing list discussion nine years ago, discussing why usenet killfiles were originally invented. The guy who just in the last few days melted down on Facebook? Same guy that had a famous flamewar in the 80s, just before Larry Wall implemented killfiles.
...so he's not just a nutcase, he's a HISTORIC nutcase. He was a fedora-wearing douchebag before the current generation of fedora-wearing douchebags were even BORN. HE HAS ALMOST SINGLEHANDEDLY DRIVEN INNOVATION IN THE FIELD OF PLONK.
Bonus: If you didn't click through and read the thread, the concept of "Plonk's Constant" is introduced...